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*bunny* · 07-15-2012, 11:25 AM

(1)ISNER, John USA v. Bye
(SE)RAM, Rajeev USA v. QUALIFIER/LUCKY LOSER
(WC)JOHNSON, Steve USA v. YOUNG, Donald USA
(WC)SOCK, Jack USA v. (7)BOGOMOLOV JR., Alex RUS

(4)RODDICK, Andy USA v. Bye
CAPDEVILLE, Paul CHI v. MAHUT, Nicolas FRA
RUSSELL, Michael USA v. QUALIFIER/LUCKY LOSER
LORENZI, Paolo ITA v. (5)ANDERSON, Kevin RSA

(8)SOEDA, Go JPN v. MALISSE, Xavier BEL
KUNITSYN, Igor RUS v. (WC)BAKER, Brian USA
QUALIFIER/LUCKY LOSER v. TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS
Bye v. (3)NISHIKORI, Kei JPN

(6)HARRISOAN, Ryan US v. BLAKE, James USA
QUALIFIER/LUCKY LOSER v. EBDEN, Matthew AUS
MULLER, Gilles LUX v. MATOSEVIC, Marinko AUS
Bye v. (2)FISH, Mardy USA

Good luck!

misty1 · 07-15-2012, 06:40 PM

good luck kei! A possible meeting with rycka in round 2(if the draw allows it) would be really interesting

chewy · 07-17-2012, 01:24 PM

Yeah good luck Kei, hope he'll do well here.

Is this Kei's first match against "bye" in an ATP maindraw?
Not used to missing him in the 1st round... :P

*bunny* · 07-18-2012, 05:32 AM

So there you are: the match you guys all wanted!

Kei will play Berankis!

STADIUM COURT
Matches Start At: 4:00 pm
Michael RUSSELL (USA) vs Kevin ANDERSON (RSA) [5]
Not Before 7:00 PM
Andy RODDICK (USA) [4] vs Nicolas MAHUT (FRA)
[Q] Ricardas BERANKIS (LTU) vs Kei NISHIKORI (JPN) [3]

misty1 · 07-18-2012, 12:01 PM

this match should be good..but its really going to suck for me in a way

chewy · 07-18-2012, 02:39 PM

I'll be at work...it's on around 11am

*bunny* · 07-19-2012, 03:46 AM

Kei overcame yet another slow start and took the 1st set 6-4.

Berankis broke him to love in the first game and saved multiple BPs in the second game. But Kei broke to 3-3.
I'm at work to and sending glances to the live streaming from time to time but not long enough to appreciate how they are playing, also because the streaming is crap.

From what little I could see both are hitting nicely and deep.

...but then Kei dropped the first service game in second game.

*bunny* · 07-19-2012, 04:28 AM

Berankis served for the 2nd set *5-4, he had atleast 2 SPs, but Kei broke back after multiple deuces.
5-5!

*bunny* · 07-19-2012, 04:31 AM

6-5*
Good hold of serve with a FH dtl winner.

*bunny* · 07-19-2012, 04:46 AM

Tie break 6-6
Berankis was a minibreak up twice but Kei came back each time, the second time with a nice FH pass.

*bunny* · 07-19-2012, 04:47 AM

DF gives Berankis SP.

But Kei breaks back again.

7-7

Now *7-8

*bunny* · 07-19-2012, 04:49 AM

1 set all.

6-4 6-7(7)
What time is it in Atlanta? Nearly 1 a.m.?
My lunchtime is nearly over!

Meanwhile, Soeda is cruising over Kunitsyn, leads 6-1 *3-2.
The winner of this match will play the winner of Kei vs Rycka.

*bunny* · 07-19-2012, 05:07 AM

They both love deuce do they not...

*bunny* · 07-19-2012, 05:13 AM

Kei finally breaks to *2-1 after 69462934883 deuces.

*bunny* · 07-19-2012, 05:19 AM

And more deuces.